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I am a Registered Respiratory Therapist residing in the State of Indiana. I love this job. I believe that being a Respiratory Therapist is the same as being the in hospital emergency department. We are the life support people!

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Health & Fitness > Respiratory Diseases Major signs of lung disease: 2 of 13
Lung disease, whether it be obstructive or restrictive causes a change in a persons life style. From wearing no oxygen to having to wear oxygen where ever a person goes will certainly change one's lifestyle."When you can't breathe, nothing else matters" - American Lung AssociationThe best way to explain an obstructive lung di... More..
Health & Fitness > Asthma How to control your asthma: 3 of 19
You know you did everything by the book and here you are having an asthma attack. What I tell people when they tell me that they are doing everything by the book is that their asthma...well, it has never read the book. It doesn't know that it is supposed to behave a certain way. Controlling ones asthma requires following the ... More..
Health & Fitness > Therapy & Counseling Counselling: Does it work for you: 3 of 13
In the last few years I have heard people say things like, "I have been in therapy for eight years..." or more years than that. Yet they still have the same issues that they did when they started therapy. They still have the same problems with the same people and are dealing with the very same thing. How can this happen? Do t... More..
Health & Fitness > Medical Ethics Is signing a DNR (do not resuscitate) order passive suicide?: 7 of 30
Is making yourself a DNR passive suicide? Absolutely not! In the United States we offer so many different treatments to different illnesses, that a person has not been allowed to die naturally for a very long time. Even CPR is something that has come about in the last 50 years. It used to be that when a person was dying, we w... More..
Health & Fitness > Alternative Health (Other) Quit smoking: Natural solutions to help you quit smoking: 5 of 20
My Mom smoked Pall Mall non filtered cigarettes. She did for years and years. My mom started smoking when she was 16. Everyone smoked back when my Mom turned 16. She will be 84 in December 2007. Anyway, she had her kids a little later in life. She began having her children at age 34 had three girls and finally at the age of 4... More..
Health & Fitness > Health Care Defining good health care for individuals: 2 of 8
I would like my needs to be taken care of well. I would like good doctors and other health care professionals who care about their patients and their families. I would like health insurance that takes care of most if not all of those costs.-Needs taken care of well.A person who is ill whether that be chronically ill or acutel... More..
Health & Fitness > Allergies & Asthma (Other) What are your options for over the counter asthma medications: 1 of 4
"When you can't breathe, nothing else matters..." -American Lung AssociationThe treatment of asthma differs from person to person depending on how bad their asthma really is. In order to treat Asthma, one must understand what asthma is, how it effects the airways, and what exactly can we do to make breathing easy again. Educa... More..
Health & Fitness > Asthma Asthma treatment: 5 of 15
The treatment of asthma differs from person to person depending on how bad their asthma really is. In order to treat Asthma, one must understand what asthma is, how it effects the airways, and what exactly can we do to make breathing easy again. Education is the key to treating Asthma.Asthma is a disease of the airways in the... More..
Health & Fitness > Respiratory Diseases How to tell if your child has asthma: 2 of 6
How scary is it to see your little baby breathing kind of "funny"? Very scary. What is wrong? Here are some ways to recognize if the baby's abnormal breathing are symptoms of asthma or some other breathing difficulty and what to do when you see them. Most doctors say that you cannot diagnose asthma so early in infants. But wh... More..
Health & Fitness > Respiratory Diseases Emphysema: Symptoms: 1 of 3
"When you can't breathe, nothing else matters" - American Lung AssociationThe best way to explain emphysema as simple as possible is this. "I can inhale, but I cannot exhale." What I tell my patient's family members is to take a deep breath in. OK...now only blow out a little bit of that breath...now breathe on top of that. I... More..